It stood upon the eastern bank of the Nile, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Coptos.
Herodotus mentions a town Neapolis (Νέη πόλις), near Chemmis in Upper Egypt, which is probably the same with Caenepolis.
[4] Panopolis, which was north of Chemmis, at one period went by the name of Caene or Caenepolis.
[5][4] According to the Notitia Dignitatum the town was the station of Ala III Dromedariorum (a Roman auxiliary unit consisting of Dromedarii).
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